The Hawthorne Bridge is a truss bridge with a vertical lift that spans the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, joining Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It is the oldest vertical-lift …

The 1,383-foot long Hawthorne Bridge is one of Portland’s busiest bridges, safely carrying approximately 30,000 vehicles and untold pedestrians and cyclists across the Willamette River.

Mar 21, 2025 · The well-traveled Hawthorne Bridge is scheduled for a temporary shutdown next month due to maintenance work. Multnomah County announced that the bridge, which spans …

Aug 16, 2024 · Travelers may have noticed the Hawthorne Bridge — Oregon's busiest bicycle and transit crossing, as well as the oldest operating vertical lift bridge in the U.S. — has been …

Oct 17, 2024 · Construction crews repaired deteriorated deck concrete and placed a new deck surface, as well as replacing deck joints for both the east and west sides of the bridge. …

Sep 19, 2024 · After months of construction work, closures impacting the Hawthorne Bridge are expected to wrap up soon. The last leg of construction is scheduled to take place through mid …

Aug 2, 2024 · PORTLAND, Ore. — Both lanes of the Hawthorne Bridge are shut down completely this entire weekend for repairs. The closure began on Friday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. and will reopen …

Feb 21, 2025 · The Hawthorne Bridge has reopened after it was closed late Thursday afternoon due to a “person in distress.”

The Hawthorn Bridge is a steel truss bridge with a vertical lift span. It has been in operation since 1910 and is the oldest truss bridge in operation in this country. It has been on the National …

Sep 3, 2018 · This bridge is a very attractive design of vertical lift bridge, with its fixed through truss approach spans matching the design of the lift span, although some of the approach …